On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Spencer Buckner <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On 03/17/2011 05:21 PM, Akemi Yagi wrote:
>
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Spencer Buckner <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> I am using System->Administration->Printing to configure an HP DeskJet 500
> printer connected to the parallel port of a stand-alone computer (not part
> of a network). The HP DeskJet 500 is the only printer connected to the
> computer and is specified to be the default printer.

> SL6 does not have parallel port support (it was dropped upstream). But
> ELRepo comes to the rescue :-)
>
> http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-lp
>
> Try installing that package and see if that solves your problem.

> After installing kmod-lp and configuring the printer again, printing the
> test page worked on the first try!
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Spencer

Glad to hear it worked. You are quite welcome (on behalf of Alan who
built the package).

Akemi